Are timber framed homes as strong as brick built homes?
Surprisingly timber frame construction is, in some ways, stronger than masonry built homes. The Building Research Establishment demonstrated this when they constructed 6-storey timber frame flats. If the same building had been constructed in a traditional masonry structure it would have presented both strength and stability problems. By way of a rather light-hearted comparison of strength, consider what the effect would be if cricket bats were made of lightweight block material instead of wood!
